La Ronde 1964  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Circle of Love
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet, Jean Sorel, Catherine Spaak, Francine Berge, Anna Karina, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernard Noel, Marie Dubois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Dani, Claude Giraud, Alice Cocea, Denise Benoit
This story takes place in Paris just before World War I begins. On the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, a soldier, Georges (Claude Giraud), lusts after and ends up in the bedrooms of a full circle of women–beginning with a prostitute (Marie Dubois), then Rose (Anna Karina), and finally housewife Sophie (Jane Fonda) before ending the circle with the prostitute.
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Les Rivieres Pourpres 2000  R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Crimson Rivers
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier Flamand, Francois Levantal, Francine Berge, Philippe Nahon
Two French policemen–Commissaire Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno) and Lieutenant Max Kerkerian (Vincent Cassel)–follow clues in separate investigations that converge on the perpetrator of grisly serial killings.
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Monsieur Klein 1976 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Mr. Klein
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michael Lonsdale, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Francine Berge, Massimo Girotti, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Hermine Karagheuz, Jean Champion
Set in Paris during 1942, this story involves French/Catholic antiques dealer Robert Klein (Alain Delon) who finds that his name is also being used by a Jewish refugee. Gradually, the refugee siphons off more and more of Klein's identity until Klein himself evolves into a Jewish identity.
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Seventh Heaven 1997 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, Francois Berleand, Francine Berge, Pierre Cassignard, Leo Le Bevillon, Sylvie Loeillet, Florence Loiret, Philippe Magnan, Anne Fassio, Eriq Ebouaney, Marc Rioufol
Mathilde (Sandrine Kiberlain) appears to have a nice life–attentive husband, one child, nice Paris apartment, good job–but she has been depressed recently. She even has been shoplifting toys, until she meets a man who turns out to by a hypnotherapist. He seems to cure her, and the emphasis shifts to her husband (Vincent Lindon) who has trouble communicating with her. A good job by the two stars.
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| 1. La Ronde (1964)
aka: Circle of Love
2. Les Rivieres Pourpres (2000)
aka: The Crimson Rivers
3. Monsieur Klein (1976)
aka: Mr. Klein
4. Seventh Heaven (1997)
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